Tag: Tarot
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The Kindest Thing: Emotional Support and Queen of Cups Card
At the end of the Mabon Gathering in my home and a night of food, deep conversation, and a round-robin of Tarot reading, my friend Patrick read my cards last. It turned out to be extremely comical–and eerily accurate–especially since I never posed a question and Patrick had no idea what had been going on…
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From Heartbreak to Higher Ground: Turning Points in Our Lives
This photo reminds me of the 5 of Wands Tarot card, the sense of desolation Of course, 5’s in the Tarot are all about choices….. Photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey, all rights reserved. When you’re in the midst of a heartbreak or trauma, it’s very easy feel stuck in the muck. I have come to…
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The Passionate Queen of Wands
Originally published in Third Degree Curves Photo credit by hradcanska; creative commons license “Oh,” he says, picking up the Tarot card. He’s incredibly gifted, yet this is a new experience for him. He’s never seen these cards before, but I think they’re pretty and I share them to get his opinion. “The Lovers are a…
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Decluttering and Creating Sacred Space
Photo credit by Ko_An; creative commons license. From the upcoming book, Searching for Serenity: the Spiritual Way to Declutter your Life and Create Sacred Space I’m intrigued by a Tarot card known as the “Two of Swords.” In most decks, the card features a person holding a sword in each hand, often in a defensive…
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Long-Distance Relationships, Says the Tarot, and Why That’s Just Fine
A few favorite cards from Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi’s The Well-Worn Path deck I have a lot of friends who read Tarot cards–and every last one of them is pretty good at it! Invariably, when we get together, we somehow end up drooling over the beautiful artwork of the newest deck among…
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April 2009’s Full Moon: Meditations and Rituals for the Pink Moon
This Special Post on the Full Moon is sponsored by The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy, available at half-price to readers of The Spiritual Eclectic. ************************************ The April Full Moon, aka the Pink Moon, occurs in Libra on April 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon,…
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Why You Can’t Read your Future for Yourself (and Sometimes for Others)
When I first began meeting “intuitives,” I heard several of them say that they could not read their own futures. I thought it was odd at the time, given that some of them had told me amazing things about my own life–right down to names, ages, locations, specific projects I was working on that I’d…
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Spiritual Tools and Forging Your Own Meaning
Not everyone keeps a Book of Shadows in the “traditional” way. You know, the hardback tome of paper, perhaps even wrapped in some kind of animal hide or decorated with all sorts of magickal symbols. In my guest room, affectionately known as “Brian’s Room” because of his extended summer stays, I have a huge library…
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Last Straws
Photo by burnblue; creative commons license “You have an interesting life path,” a clairvoyant friend told me 3 weeks ago. Her eyes widened and then she chuckled as she said it. She never told me what she saw that made her laugh. I could use a laugh about now. Perhaps it was that life has…
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Spiritual Paths and Rocky First Steps
Photo by atomicpuppy68; creative commons license I’ve been trying to explain the Wiccan degree system of formalized training to a new student who is excited about taking this important step on her spiritual path in late December. I think it would be prudent of me to make sure I space out the rest of the…